Daffnee

Here's the surest sign yet that this sinking feeling isn't just a sinking feeling but a real indication I should have gone to Toronto:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1152 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION

IN NEW YORK STATE...
..BRONX...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)...NASSAU...QUEENS AND SUFFOLK

UNTIL 545 AM EDT...

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY
IN NOW MOVING OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO A HALF AN
INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
RESULTING IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY MORNING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND SOME LOW LYING AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.